My name is John Jardin and I am a current first year at UGA. I am an intended public relations major with interests in entertainment and media, Spanish, and theatre. In high school, I was a member of the Thespian Troupe #7190. I participated in three musicals (The Addams Family, Urinetown: The Musical, and Ragtime) and Thornton Wilder's, Our Town. I am super excited to further my passion for theatre here at UGA and I look forward to continuing to spread love, understanding, and solidarity through the performing arts.
Students calling for removal of LGBT flag liken it to rebel flag - New York Post
The contents of this article featured on the New York Post are quite alarming. The fact that someone would honestly compare a flag that stands for nothing but love, inclusion, safety, equality, and pride, to a flag that is ridden with a past of oppression, violence, hate, ignorance, and the enslavement of an entire race of people is not only shocking and puzzling, it is repulsive.
Cornell encourages students to report peers for 'negative reactions' to LGBT 'Safe Place' project
The article linked above from the Washington Examiner peaked my interest as it deals with backlash from the creation of safe places and havens for members of the LGBT community on a college campus. I think it is interesting to note that the school in question is an Ivy League school in the North East, a school and a community that is known for being more politically liberal and inclusive when it comes to diversity, specifically members of the LGBT community. It is interesting that backlash still occurs in areas that tend to be more accepting of minorities. It raises the question: what type of backlash would occur at a school like UGA, one that is predominately politically right-leaning in the Bible belt?
DACA debate could send a political shockwave through 2018 and beyond
The above article was specifically interesting due to how closely it relates to our play for the week, Real Women Have Curves. The article is relatively alarming due to the fact that the removal of DACA, a program that has helped to educate 800,000+ undocumented immigrant youth, will result in the potential loss of the ability to work and study for over 700,000 children in what has, for many, been the only home they've ever known. The article also begins to explore the potential repercussions that the decision to end DACA will have on the Republican Party in Washington.
Armed LGBT student Scout Schultz shot dead by Atlanta police
This article is extremely troubling. It is not only an extremely sad and horrific story about a college student being shot by police at Georgia Tech, a local university, it is also alarmingly closely related to the themes of our play for the week. A student who was holding a knife being asked to be shot by police and eventually getting killed is an extremely troubling and saddening story about the way that we as a society, specifically college campuses, deal with depression and assisted suicides. It also holds an alarmingly close resemblance to the story of Willis and Val in Split Second.
Supreme Court to begin 'potentially momentous' term for LGBT rights
The above article correlates strongly with our current play, Execution of Justice as it deals with how far we have come as a nation and yet how far we have yet to go in regards to the rights of the LGBT communtiy. A lot of people beleived that equality was achieved thorugh the Supreme Court decission in Obergefell vs. Hodges in 2015 allowing sam-sex marriage in all 50 states; however, this article highlights how equality is never truly won. We've come so far since the life and times of Harvey Milk, and yet we've got so far to go.
Trifles
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Real Women Have Curves
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Disgraced
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Current Events
Students calling for removal of LGBT flag liken it to rebel flag - New York Post
The contents of this article featured on the New York Post are quite alarming. The fact that someone would honestly compare a flag that stands for nothing but love, inclusion, safety, equality, and pride, to a flag that is ridden with a past of oppression, violence, hate, ignorance, and the enslavement of an entire race of people is not only shocking and puzzling, it is repulsive.
Cornell encourages students to report peers for 'negative reactions' to LGBT 'Safe Place' project
The article linked above from the Washington Examiner peaked my interest as it deals with backlash from the creation of safe places and havens for members of the LGBT community on a college campus. I think it is interesting to note that the school in question is an Ivy League school in the North East, a school and a community that is known for being more politically liberal and inclusive when it comes to diversity, specifically members of the LGBT community. It is interesting that backlash still occurs in areas that tend to be more accepting of minorities. It raises the question: what type of backlash would occur at a school like UGA, one that is predominately politically right-leaning in the Bible belt?
DACA debate could send a political shockwave through 2018 and beyond
The above article was specifically interesting due to how closely it relates to our play for the week, Real Women Have Curves. The article is relatively alarming due to the fact that the removal of DACA, a program that has helped to educate 800,000+ undocumented immigrant youth, will result in the potential loss of the ability to work and study for over 700,000 children in what has, for many, been the only home they've ever known. The article also begins to explore the potential repercussions that the decision to end DACA will have on the Republican Party in Washington.
Armed LGBT student Scout Schultz shot dead by Atlanta police
This article is extremely troubling. It is not only an extremely sad and horrific story about a college student being shot by police at Georgia Tech, a local university, it is also alarmingly closely related to the themes of our play for the week. A student who was holding a knife being asked to be shot by police and eventually getting killed is an extremely troubling and saddening story about the way that we as a society, specifically college campuses, deal with depression and assisted suicides. It also holds an alarmingly close resemblance to the story of Willis and Val in Split Second.
Supreme Court to begin 'potentially momentous' term for LGBT rights
The above article correlates strongly with our current play, Execution of Justice as it deals with how far we have come as a nation and yet how far we have yet to go in regards to the rights of the LGBT communtiy. A lot of people beleived that equality was achieved thorugh the Supreme Court decission in Obergefell vs. Hodges in 2015 allowing sam-sex marriage in all 50 states; however, this article highlights how equality is never truly won. We've come so far since the life and times of Harvey Milk, and yet we've got so far to go.